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Quad. Studi Nat. Romagna, 27: 217 - 245 dicembre 2008 ISSN 1123-6787
Gianfranco Sama
PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE CERAMBYCID FAUNA OF
NORTH AFRICA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF NEW TAXA
(Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae)
Riassunto
[Nota preliminare per una fauna dei Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) del Nord Africa con descrizione
di nuovi taxa].
Nel presente lavoro i seguenti nuovi taxa vengono descritti: Stictoleptura gladiatrix sp. nov.
(Marocco), Neocarolus gen. nov., specie tipo: Neomarius thomasi Holzschuh, 1993 (Pakistan);
Lygrini trib. nov., genere tipo: Lygrus Fåhraeus, 1872; Zygoferus gen. nov., specie tipo: Trichoferus
pubescens (Sama, 1987) (Tunisia e Algeria); Hesperophanini subtrib. Daramina nov., genere tipo:
Daramus Fairmaire, 1892; Daramus sahrawi n. sp. (Marocco mer.); Vesperellini trib. nov., genere
tipo: Vesperella Dayrem, 1933; Vesperella maroccana sp. nov. (Marocco); Brachypteromini trib.
nov., genere tipo: Brachypteroma Kraatz, 1863; Ceroplesini subtrib. Crossotina Thomson, 1864,
stat. nov., genere tipo: Crossotus Serville, 1835. Le seguenti nuove sinonimie sono proposte:
Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855) = Prionus tangerianus Slama, 1996; Smodicum
cucujiforme Say, 1826 = Nothorhinomorpha deplanata Pic, 1930; Derolus lepautei Lepesme,
1947 = Derolus mirei Breuning & Villiers, 1960; Deilini Mulsant, 1862 = Pytheini Thomson,
1864, genere tipo : Pytheus Newman, 1840; Plagionotus Mulsant, 1842 = Neoplagionotus Kasatkin,
2005; Plagionotus scalaris Brullé, 1832 = Clytus siculus Castelnau & Gory, 1836 = P. scalaris
ssp. validus Rungs, 1952 = P. scalaris ssp. vivesi Lopez Colon, 1997; Lamiini Latreille, 1825 =
Pachystolini Gistel, 1848 = Dorcadionini Thomson, 1860 (nomen protectum), genere tipo :
Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 [= Dorcadodiidae Gistel, 1856 (nomen oblitum), genere tipo:
Dorcadodium Gistel, 1856] = Phrissomini Thomson, 1860; Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier,
1795 = M. g. pistor (Germar, 1818); Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839 = Exocentrini Pascoe, 1864;
Saperda scalaris Linnaeus, 1758 = Saperda scalaris ssp. algeriensis Breuning, 1952; Phytoecia
tenuilinea Fairmaire, 1877 = P. tenuilinea ssp. mateui Breuning, 1951. I seguenti atti nomenclaturali
vengono proposti: Prionus aegyptiacum Guérin, 1844 è designato come specie tipo di Monocladum
Pic, 1898; Cerambyx paludivagus Lucas, 1842 specie distinta, non sottospecie o varietà di C.
scopolii (Fuesslins, 1775); Rusticoclytus Vives, 1977 genere distinto, non sinonimo di Xylotrechus
Chevrolat, 1860; Obereini Thomson tribù distinta, non sinonimo di Phytoeciini Mulsant; Phytoecia
tenuilinea Fairmaire, 1877 viene trasferita al genere Opsilia Mulsant, 1862; il lectotypus è designato
per Clytus scalaris Brullé, 1832 (Plagionotus) e Callidium glaucum Fabricius, 1781 (Chlorophorus).
Dall’esame del materiale tipico è emerso che Leptura pilosa Forster, 1771 non appartiene al genere
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Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 come attualmente ritenuto, ma a Vadonia Mulsant, 1863 ed è
sinonimo di V. unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) sul quale avrebbe priorità; tuttavia, per la stabilità
della nomenclatura, viene proposta l’inversione di precedenza fra i due taxa, mantenendo l’utilizzo
prevalente di L. unipunctata (nomen protectum) e considerando L. pilosa Forster, 1777 nomen
oblitum; infine Chlorophorus glaucus (Fabricius, 1781) viene proposto come nome sostitutivo
per C. pilosus auctorum nec Forster, 1771.
Abstract
The following new taxa are described in this paper: Stictoleptura gladiatrix n. sp. (Morocco),
Neocarolus n. gen., type species: Neomarius thomasi Holzschuh, 1993 (Pakistan); Lygrini n. tribe,
type genus: Lygrus Fåhraeus, 1872; Zygoferus n. gen., type species: Trichoferus pubescens (Sama,
1987) (southern Tunisia and Algeria); Hesperophanini subtribe Daramina nov., type genus: Daramus
Fairmaire, 1892; Daramus sahrawi n. sp. (southern Morocco); Vesperellini n. tribe, type genus:
Vesperella Dayrem, 1933; Vesperella maroccana n. sp. (Morocco); Brachypteromini n. tribe, type
genus: Brachypteroma Kraatz, 1863; Ceroplesini subtribe Crossotina Thomson, 1864, type genus:
Crossotus Serville, 1835. The following new synonymies are proposed: Mesoprionus besikanus
(Fairmaire, 1855) = Prionus tangerianus Slama, 1996; Smodicum cucujiforme Say, 1826 =
Nothorhinomorpha deplanata Pic, 1930; Derolus lepautei Lepesme, 1947 = Derolus mirei Breuning
& Villiers, 1960; Deilini Mulsant, 1862 = Pytheini Thomson, 1864, type genus : Pytheus Newman,
1840; Plagionotus Mulsant, 1842 = Neoplagionotus Kasatkin, 2005; Plagionotus scalaris Brullé,
1832 = Clytus siculus Castelnau & Gory, 1836 = P. scalaris “n. f. an ssp.?” validus Rungs, 1952 =
P. scalaris ssp. vivesi Lopez Colon, 1997; Lamiini Latreille, 1825, type genus: Lamia Fabricius,
1775 = Pachystolini Gistel, 1848, type genus: Pachystola Dejean 1835 (= Lamia Fabricius, 1775) =
Dorcadionini Thomson, 1860, type genus : Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 [= Dorcadodiidae Gistel,
1856 (nomen oblitum), type genus: Dorcadodium Gistel, 1856] = Phrissomini Thomson, 1860,
type genus: Phrissoma Dejean, 1835; Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier, 1795 = M.
galloprovincialis pistor (Germar, 1818); Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839, type genus Pogonocherus
Dejean, 1821 = Exocentrini Pascoe, 1864, type genus: Exocentrus Dejean, 1835; Saperda scalaris
Linnaeus, 1758 = Saperda scalaris ssp. algeriensis Breuning, 1952; Phytoecia tenuilinea Fairmaire,
1877 = P. tenuilinea ssp. mateui Breuning, 1951. Prionus aegyptiacum Guérin, 1844 is designated
as the type species of Monocladum Pic, 1898. Cerambyx paludivagus Lucas, 1842 is regarded a
distinct species, not subspecies or variety of C. scopolii (Fuesslins, 1775) ; Rusticoclytus Vives,
1977, type species : Leptura rustica Linnaeus, 1758, is restored from the synonymy with Xylotrechus
Chevrolat, 1860, type species: Clytus sartorii Chevrolat, 1860 from Mexico; Exocentrus Dejean,
1835 and Parmenopsis Ganglbauer, 1881 are transferred to Pogonocherini from Acanthocinini
Blanchard, 1845 and Parmenini Mulsant, 1839 respectively; Obereini Thomson, 1864 is regarded
a distinct tribe, not a synonym of Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839; Phytoecia tenuilinea Fairmaire,
1877 is transferred to the genus Opsilia Mulsant, 1862; the lectotype is designated for Clytus
scalaris Brullé, 1832 (currently in Plagionotus) and Callidium glaucum Fabricius, 1781 (currently
in Chlorophorus). The type examination proved that Leptura pilosa Forster, 1771 does not belong
to Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 as currently stated, but to Vadonia Mulsant, 1863 and is a senior
synonym of V. unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787); however, the reversal of precedence is here proposed:
the prevailing usage of L. unipunctata (nomen protectum) is to be maintained instead of L. pilosa
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Forster, 1777 (nomen oblitum); Chlorophorus glaucus (Fabricius, 1781) is here proposed as a
replacement name for C. pilosus auctorum nec Forster, 1771. The authorship of the tribe Tetropini
is briefly discussed.
Key words: Cerambycidae, new tribes, new subtribes, new genus, new species, new synonymies,
new status, North Africa.
Introduction
A few years ago was published the first part of the monograph “Atlas of the
Cerambycidae of Europe and the Mediterranean Area” (SAMA, 2002) dealing
with the fauna of Northern and Central Europe. The second and third parts, dealing
with the cerambycid Fauna of North Africa and the Atlantic Islands respectively,
will probably be published in a single volume during the year 2009, with a great
delay, certainly much later than it was expected, mostly because I have preferred
to study personally the type material of all taxa occurring in the area covered by
the book and preserved in different public institutions.
The present paper is intended to illustrate some of the preliminary results of this
study comprising primarily important nomenclatural acts (new synonymies,
descriptions of new tribes, subtribes, genera and species), which no doubt will
also have an impact on the prepared publication of the part of the Catalogue of
Palaearctic Coleoptera dealing with the family Cerambycidae.
Acronyms
CCECL
LSL
MHNG
MNHNP
NHMB
NMP
Centre de Conservation et d’etude des Collections, Lyon (F)
Linnean Society, London (GB)
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève (CH) (coll. Breuning)
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (F)
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (CH)
Narodni Muzeum, Praha (CZ)
Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855)
Prionus besikanus Fairmaire, 1855, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 3(3): 319. Type locality: “ Baie de
Besika dans le Bosphore” (Turkey).
Prionus besicanus auctorum.
= Prionus tangerianus Slama, 1996, Folia Heyrovskyana, 4(3) : 76. Type locality: Tanger. Type
material. Holotype ♂ “Tanger / 1910” (NMP), examined (n. syn.).
Remark. The description of P. tangerianus was based on a single old specimen
labelled [mislabelled ?] “Tanger / VI.1909” [white, printed]; “Holotypus / Prionus
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/ tangerianus sp. n. / M. Slama det. 1996” [red, printed]. I was able to study the
holotype (a well preserved specimen, lacking all tarsomeres of the left hind leg;
aedeagus and maxillary palpi glued on a separated label); moreover I have
examined one specimen of a Mesoprionus (coll. A. Drumont, Bruxelles), identified
as M. tangerianus by J. Lorenç and generically labelled “Maroc, Moyen Atlas,
VI.1996”. Both specimens do not significantly differ from M. besikanus. I regard
collecting labels of these specimens quite suspect; it is extremely unlikely that
professional entomologists such as Antoine, Rungs, Kocher and many others never
recorded this species, all the more that it is very easily attracted to light.
Monocladum Pic, 1898
Polyarthron (sbg.) Monocladum Pic, 1898, Mat. Long., 2: 27. Type species: Prionus aegyptiacum
Guérin, 1844 (designated herein).
Polyarthron (sbg.) Monocladum Pic, 1893a, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 61 (1892), Bull.: CCLIX
(not available, nomen nudum).
Polyarthron (sbg.) Monocladum Pic, 1893b, Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 61: 110 (not available,
nomen nudum).
Remark. The true description date of this genus is 1898, not 1892 (in fact 1893)
as previously stated; Monocladum Pic, 1893 is a nomen nudum, since it was
described without any reference to a species name “ .. pour faciliter la classification
du genre d’àprès la forme de ces organes si différents bipectinés ou unipectinés,
je crois bon de créer le sous genre Monocladum pour toutes les espèces à antennes
unipectinées ...”. The name was validly described in 1898 when PIC, proposing an
identification key to Polyarthron, quoted the species names P. (Monocladum)
unipectinatum White, P. (Monocladum) aegyptiacum Guérin and P. (Monocladum)
afrum Baudi.
Stictoleptura gladiatrix n. sp. (Fig. 24)
Type series.Holotype ♂ : Maroc, Haut Atlas: Tizi n’Test, 2000m, 16.VI.1986, ex
larva from Quercus rotundifolia, 25.VI.1986, leg. G. Sama (author’s collection).
Description. Length 18 mm. Similar to S. tangeriana Tournier, 1875 and chiefly
to the “var.” atlasica Escalera, 1914: antennae totally red, clothed with golden
hair, shorter (extending about the apical third of elytra), with segments shorter
and stouter, the 3rd and 4th ones distinctly swollen apically (these articles are
cylindrical in S. tangeriana). Legs shorter and stouter, with tarsi shorter, tibiae
more robust and swollen apically. Head red, densely punctate, with temples longer,
angulate behind (shorter and rounded behind in S. tangeriana). Pronotum red
with a basal black band, more densely punctate (punctures are larger and contiguous
in S. tangeriana) and with more robust erect hair. Elytra totally red, more densely
and more finely punctate, apically truncate with outer angle rounded, the inner
one obtusely angulate, not spined. Abdomen red except the two first segments
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which are black except the apical margin; last sternite very slightly impressed
before the base, rounded at apical angles (distinctly angulate in S. tangeriana),
sparsely and very finely punctate and clothed with very sparse, short grey recumbent
pubescence.
Range. So far known only from the type locality: Tizi n’Test in western High
Atlas mountains range, Morocco. The only known specimen emerged from one
larva found in the decayed part of a living large tree of Quercus rotundifolia.
Vadonia unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)
Leptura unipunctata Fabricius, 1787, Mant. Ins., 1: 157 (maintained according to ICZN, 1999, Art.
23.9.2, nomen protectum). Type locality: “Dresdae” (Germany).
= Leptura pilosa Forster, 1771: 45 (nomen oblitum) (n. syn.). Type locality: ”Habitat in Hispanii
ad Calpen freti Ganditani (Gibraltar). Type material. Holotype ♂ , Forster’s collection (LSL)
examined.
Remark. I have recently been able to study the type specimen of Leptura pilosa
Forster, 1771 held by the Linnean Society of London; it is a male, totally black, the
hind tibiae with two apical spines, which belongs without any doubt to a black
form (known as “ var.” jacqueti Pic, 1900) of the well known species later described
under the name Vadonia unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787), not to “Clytus
quadripunctatus F. var. glaucus Lap.” [currently Chlorophorus pilosus Forster,
1771)] as firstly suggested by HEYDEN (1878: 419), undoubtedly without type
examination. This specimen perfectly agrees with Forster’s original description
which allows to exclude a subsequent mislabelling or rehandling. L. pilosa Forster
would take priority over L. unipunctata Fabricius; however the latter name is
maintained according to ICZN (1999), Article 23.9.2 (reversal of precedence for
prevailing usage).
Smodicum cucujiforme (Say, 1826)
Callidium cucujiforme Say, 1826, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 277. Type locality: United
States. Type material not examined.
= Nothorhinomorpha deplanata Pic, 1930, Bull. Soc. ent. roy. Egypte: 63. Type locality: “Egypte:
Le Caire” (Nile Valley by Hawamdia, Giza, Egypt). Type material: Holotype male (NHMB)
examined.
Remark. Although not stated by Pic, N. deplanata was probably described on a
single specimen as confirmed by ALFIERI (1976): “Hawamdia, V, the type; in Museum
Frey, Munich”. I have studied the holotype (currently deposited in the Museum
Frey, NHMB), a male which does agree with the original description, perfectly
preserved and labelled as follows: “Caire, le soir / a la lampe / 10.6.27” [white,
probably handwritten by Alfieri]; “Coll. Alfieri / Egypte” [white, printed label];
“Nothorhinomorpha / n. gen. (TYPE) / deplanata n. sp. (TYPE) / (Pic, 1930)
“[white, probably handwritten by Alfieri]; “1858” [white, handwritten by ?]; “ =
Smodicum cucujforme (Say) / det. G. Sama, 2003”.
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Neocarolus n. genus (Oemini)
Type species: Neomarius thomasi Holzschuh, 1993; this species was described
and is still known on a single female from NW Pakistan.
Description. Neocarolus thomasi is similar to the female of Neomarius gandolphii
Fairmaire, 1872, an endemic species to Northern Algeria, from which it differs as
follows: head nearly flattened between the eyes, not convex posteriorly; pronotum
less transverse; eye lobes smaller, elytra conspicuously elongate (7.3 times longer
than the pronotum; 4.4 times longer than wide at shoulders) (in Neomarius elytra
are less elongate: 6.1 times longer than pronotum, 3.3 times longer than wide at
shoulders); legs more slender, tarsi very elongate, first segment of hind tarsi much
longer (1.73 x) than the two following united.
Tribe Lygrini nov.
Type genus: Lygrus Fåhraeus, 1872.
Description. Head with occipital region longer than gula, the latter emarginate at
base, forum occipitalis elongate. Mandible short, gradually curved at side, without
a fringe of hair and usually toothed along the inside border, galea and lacinia
normally developed; ligula corneous and reduced, without lateral lobes.
Mesonotum with undivided stridulatory file, without medial endocarina.
Metendosternite of very peculiar shape (Fig. 1). Male genitalia: IX tergite absent.
Figs 1-3. Metendosternites. 1: Lygrus becvari Sama, 1999, Egypt, Sinai; 2: Nathrius berlandi
(Villiers, 1946), Morocco, Agadir; 3: Brachypteroma ottomanum Kraatz, 1863, Italy, Puglia,
Foresta Umbra.
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Discussion. Lygrus cannot be maintained in either Methiini THOMSON, 1860, or in
Oemini Lacordaire, 1868 and does not entirely fit with any known tribe. It differs
from Neomarius Fairmaire, 1872 (Oemini) by male genitalia with IX tergite absent,
mesonotum with undivided stridulatory file, intermediate coxal cavities closed
externally to the epimera; from both Neomarius and Hypoeschrus (Thomson,
1864) by the shape of prosternal process and mesocoxal cavities laterally closed
to epimera. Moreover, it shows a peculiar type of metendosternite (Fig. 1) (notHylecoetoid metendosternite sensu CROWSON, 1967), analogous to that of Nathrius
Brèthes, 1916 (Fig. 2) and Gracilia Serville, 1834, very different from the
Hylecoetoid metendosternite of the family Cerambycidae (e.g. in Molorchus
Fabricius, 1793, Fig. 4). MARTINS (1980), provisionally included Lygrus in the
tribe Methiini, although he regarded the genus “related to Callidiopini”. He noticed
the shape of anterior coxae “with articular surface”, similar to that of Niophis
Bates, 1867, a genus from South America included in Achrysonini by MONNÉ &
GIESBERT (1994) and later on separated in the tribe Ectenessini Martins, 1998.
Zygoferus n. gen. (Hesperophanini)
Type species : Trichoferus pubescens (Sama, 1987).
Description. Head short, posteriorly concealed under the pronotum; temples very
short, eyes coarsely faceted, very large, deeply emarginate, lower lobes nearly
reaching the mandibles; antennal supports depressed, the space between them
wide, not longitudinally sulcated, but, sometimes, with a longitudinal glabrous
median line. Antennae short, in both sexes hardly extending beyond the middle of
elytra; 3rd segment shorter than both scape and 5th, hardly longer than 4th. Pronotum
strongly swollen, subquadrate, rounded on anterior and posterior angles, sides
parallel; the disc with a pair of slight impressions a little before the middle and
one slight basal longitudinal impression on each side of the middle. Elytra parallelsided, widely rounded apically. Prosternal process nearly flat, subtriangular basally,
narrow, parallel between coxae, wider apically. Legs relatively short, all tarsi (the
front ones included) with pad greatly reduced and grooved beneath like in
Hesperophanes sericeus; onychium longer than the tarsal segments combined.
Internal sac of aedeagus with distinctive distal sclerites.
Discussion.The new genus, the size except, is more similar to Hesperophanes
Dejean, 1835 and chiefly to Hesperoferus Demelt, 1971 from the Canary Islands
than to Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854. The former differs from Zygoferus by the
first three segments of antennae densely fringed beneath, the 3rd one evidently
curved and nearly twice longer than 4th, prosternal process distinctly convex at
base, pronotum strongly swollen and rounded laterally. Hesperoferus has all
segments of tarsi with a dense pad of hair not longitudinally grooved; Trichoferus
differs from the new genus, among other, by the front tarsi not grooved ventrally
and the shape of the pronotum.
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Hesperophanini subtribe Daramina nov.
Type genus: Daramus Fairmaire, 1892.
Description. Similar to Hesperophanini but mandibles without a fringe of hair
along the inner edge; palpi unequal, maxillary palpi very long, 1st segment hardly
shorter than 2nd; last segment of maxillary and labial palpi securiform, strongly
dilated at apex, chiefly in male; ligula reduced, deeply bilobed, without lateral
lobes; prosternal process subtriangular in front, laminiform between coxae, coxal
cavities widely angulate laterally; mesonotum without stridulatory plate, with
median endocarina; mesocoxal cavities widely open externally to the epimera,
metepimera shortly produced beyond the posterior margin of episterna.
Metendosternite with lateral arms elongate, longer than lateral laminae, which
are short, moderately enlarged, truncate apically, divided by a deep notch. Male
genitalia: ventral arc (IX sternite) fork shaped; dorsal arc (IX tergite) absent.
Larva conspicuously elongate, with dorsal ampullae protruding.
Range. I provisionally refer to the new subtribe only the genus Daramus from
North Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Tropical Africa, but further genera from
Africa would probably be also included.
Daramus sahrawi Sama & Rapuzzi n. sp. (Fig. 25)
Type series. Holotype ♂ : Western Sahara, Saguia el Hamra, 33 km West of Es
Smara, 28.IV.2004, ex larva from Acacia raddiana, emerged 15-28.IX.2004, leg.
G. Sama; paratypes, 5 ♂ ♂ , 11♀♀: same data, emerged 15-30.IX.2004; 1 ♂ : same
locality, emerged 25.X.2004; 1 ♂ , 4 ♀♀: emerged 30.VIII-30.X.2004, leg. P.
Rapuzzi; 2 ♂ ♂ , 2♀♀: 33 km West and 15 km North of Es Smara, 6.III.2008, ex
larva from Acacia raddiana, emerged 4/10.IX.2008, leg. G. Sama; idem, 3♀:
emerged 10.X.2008. Holotype in coll. G. Sama, paratypes in coll. P. Rapuzzi (Cialla
di Prepotto, Udine) and G. Sama.
Etymology. The new species is named after the Sahrawi people originally living
in the Western Sahara, formerly Spanish Sahara, currently administrated by
Morocco.
Description of the holotype. Length 12 mm. Integument red brown, disc of
pronotum, antennae from the 3rd segment, sides and apex of elytra, outer side of
tibiae and abdomen evidently blackened. Eyes very large, coarsely faceted,
narrowly separated above, deeply emarginate; the lower lobes totally covering
the cheeks and reaching the mandibles. Palpi unequal: maxillary palpi much longer
than the labial; last segment of both maxillary and labial palpi strongly dilated
apically, subtriangular. Head densely clothed with ocellate setigerous punctures,
antennal tubercles strongly prominent, contiguous, separated by a deep longitudinal
median groove. Pronotum wider than long, gradually arcuate at sides, strongly
narrowed in front and behind, the widest about at middle, with very dense, deep,
contiguous ocellate punctures, except for a median longitudinal unpunctate area
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before the base, and sparsely clothed with short uncinate and oblique setae mixed
with long erect brown hair, somewhat denser at sides. Mesonotum without
stridulatory file, but with a convex plate, divided in the middle by a longitudinal
furrow. Elytra parallel-sided, apices distinctly attenuate, the sutural angle acute,
not spined, surface densely and deeply punctate, clothed with short yellowish
oblique setae and, chiefly at base and along the suture, with some longer erect
golden hair; antennae short, extending to about ¾ of elytra; all segments, except
the 2nd and 11th similar in length, 3rd to 10th strongly flattened and serrate, angulate
on the outer apex, 11th segment longer and moderately apiculate. Two first segments
with long erect yellow hair, the following ones densely clothed with sericeous
recumbent brown pubescences. First segment of intermediate and posterior tarsi
not longer than the following ones combined. All tarsi without a median
longitudinal groove. Prosternum with a transverse row of punctures in front,
shining, very sparsely, finely punctate, process very narrow, entirely dividing
coxae, moderately narrowed toward the apex, coxae contiguous, coxal cavities
strongly angulate externally, open posteriorly; mesosternum shining, very sparsely
and deeply punctate, with process narrow, subtriangular, anterior and median coxal
cavities open laterally to the epimera. Abdomen densely and deeply punctate,
sparsely clothed with long brown erect setae. Legs short, hind tibiae sparsely,
deeply punctate on their outer face.
Female differs from male by antennae shorter, not exceeding the basal fourth of
elytra, with segments short, not flattened, moderately serrate from the 4th segment,
3rd segment slightly longer than both the 4th and 5th, 11th very short, not longer
than 10th; 1st and 3rd with short uncinate setae and some erect hair on both the
dorsal and ventral sides, segments 3rd to 5th shining, coarsely punctate, sparsely
clothed with short semi recumbent hair, eyes moderately smaller, the space between
upper lobes larger; head, pronotu m, elytra and four first segments of antennae
with numerous, very long erect hair; submentum with some distinct transverse
carinae. prosternum, in front, with several transverse carinae, interrupted by
numerous deep, setigerous punctures, process coarsely deeply punctate.
Prosternum and metasternum with sparse, deep punctures, with processes wider,
subtriangular; both pro- and mesosternum nearly unpunctate. Sternites sparsely,
very finely punctate.
The new species differs from D. serricornis Fairmaire, 1892, type of the genus,
by shorter antennae, shorter elytral semi-erect setae, pronotal and elytral punctation.
Biology, host plants & flight period. Development in Acacia raddiana. Larval
bionomics similar to D. major Pic, 1924; larvae feed in living twigs (0.5 - 1.0 cm
in diameter). Pupation from early August; adults emerge from the end of August
to the end of October. Larvae are frequently killed by an unidentified species of
Trigonura Sichel, 1865 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidinae, Phasgonophorini), chiefly
known as ectoparasitoid of Saharan Buprestidae (MATEU, 1972). Moreover, all
immature stages are attacked by females of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) and the
Acarine mite Pediculoides ventricosus (Newport).
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Cerambyx paludivagus Lucas, 1842 (n. status)
Hamaticherus paludivagus Lucas, 1842, Ann. Sc. nat., 2(18): 185. Type locality: “Lac Tonga,
environs de La Calle” (El Kala, northern Algeria).
Discussion. C. paludivagus was originally described as a distinct species (LUCAS,
1842), then (LUCAS, 1846) regarded as “une varieté du C. cerdo” [very likely C.
cerdo Scopoli (not Linnaeus), currently C. scopolii Fuesslins, 1775]. It is, in facts,
a distinct species, more similar to C. multiplicatus Motschulsky, 1860 than to C.
scopolii, not a variety of the latter as stated by PIC (1893, 1896), NORMAND (1937),
VIVES (2000) or an aberration (PLAVILSTHSIKOV, 1931), or a subspecies (VILLIERS,
1946). It differs from C. scopolii by pronotum and basal half of elytra with long
erect setae, hind femora densely clothed with long golden hair, on the upper side,
with dense recumbent pubescence and some longer setae erect or bent backwards
on the inferior side. C. scopolii has pronotum with erect setae on only the laterobasal margin, rarely with some erect setae on the disc, elytra always without erect
setae, hind femora with sparser, shorter and usually greyish setae on the upper
side, only with recumbent pubescence or with short uncinate on the inferior surface.
Range. C. paludivagus is only known from the northern oak forests of Tunisia
and Algeria, not in southern Spain as stated by PLAVILSTSHIKOV (1931) and VILLIERS
(1946).
Derolus lepautei Lepesme, 1947
Derolus lepautei Lepesme, 1947, Bull. Soc. entomol. France: 152 Type locality : “Port Etienne”
(currently Nouadhibou) (Mauritania). Type material: Holotype ♀ (CCECL): “Port-Etienne /
Mauritanie / Janvier 1947” [white, handwritten by Lepesme]; “Type” [red, printed]; « Derolus /
Lepautei / Type mihi / P. Lepesme det.” [white, handwritten by Lepesme], examined.
= Derolus mirei Breuning & Villiers, 1960, Bull. IFAN, 22, sér. A, 4: 1300 (new synonymy).
Type locality : “Tibesti, Gorrom (Chad). Type material: Holotype ♂ , allotype ♀ and two paratypes
male and female “Korrom, 6.I.59, à la lampe”; one paratype female “Ficus ingens, Gorrom, 2000m,
éclos à Paris, 9.XII.1959” (MNHNP), examined.
Discussion. BREUNING & VILLIERS (1960) did not compare the type series of D.
mirei to D. lepautei (the collection Lepesme was probably not available for study
at that time); the two taxa do not appear significantly different from each other.
On the other hand, the synonymy stated above (although not formally established)
was already presumed by Breuning & Villiers (1960) themselves, who recorded
D. mirei from southern Mauritania (Edderoum, Tagant) on the basis of specimens
collected by Mateu.
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Tribe Vesperellini nov.
Type genus: Vesperella Dayrem, 1933.
Description. Head with eyes coarsely faceted, distinctly smaller in female than
in male; labium short, transverse, truncate at apex; mandibles without a fringe of
hair on the inner edge (Fig. 5). Mesonotum with undivided stridulatory file, its
anterior margin very feebly emarginate. Prosternal process very narrow, front
coxae globose, coxal cavities angulate externally, open behind; mesosternum with
process wider, subtriangular, extending to about the half of coxae, mesocoxal
cavities open laterally to the epimera. Male genitalia: ventral arc (sternite IX)
fork shaped (Fig. 9b); dorsal arc (tergite IX) present (Fig. 9a).
Discussion. The genus Vesperella is usually associated with Axinopalpis Dejean,
1835 currently assigned to the tribe Graciliini (Villiers, 1946, 1978). Gracilia
differs from Vesperella by front coxal cavities rounded externally, mesocoxal
cavities closed externally, hind coxae far from each other, male genitalia: tergite
IX absent, basal apophyses of median lobe conspicuously elongate, lateral lobes
of tegmen reduced and mostly fused. Vesperella and Axinopalpis, also resemble
Callidiopini Lacordaire, 1868. Unfortunately, I could not find any specimen of
Callidiopis Lacordaire, 1868 available for dissection, but I could dissect some
species belonging to genus Ceresium Newman, 1842 (referred to the same tribe),
Fig. 4. Molorchus minor (Linnaeus, 1758), Italy, Alto Adige, Mules: metendosternite.
Fig. 5. Vesperella maroccana n. sp.: mandible.
Fig. 6. Ceresium simile Gahan, 1890, Japan, Amami-Oshima isl.: mandible.
Fig. 7. Vesperella maroccana n. sp., paratype: maxillary palpus.
Fig. 8. Ceresium simile Gahan, 1890, Japan, Amami-Oshima isl.: maxillary palpus.
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among which C. simile Gahan, 1890; the latter substantially differs from Vesperella
by mandibles untoothed and densely fringed on internal side (Fig. 5, 6), maxillary
palpi with 2nd segment longer than 3rd (Fig. 7, 8), front coxal cavities rounded
externally, metepisterna angulate on the inner margin at base. On the other hand,
according to the larval morphology (only exuviae of larvae available) Vesperella
is apparently unrelated to Molorchini, Graciliini and Hesperophanini (ŠVÁCHA,
pers. comm.).
Vesperella maroccana n. sp.
Type series. Holotype ♂ : Maroc, Haut Atlas: Tizi n’Test, 2000 m, ex larva from
Quercus rotundifolia, 3/10.VII.2003, leg. G. Sama; 2 paratypes ♂ ♂ : same locality,
3/10.VII.2003, VII.2004; 7 ♀♀ : same locality, 10/20.VII.1990; 8.VIII.1991, 3/
10.VII.2003, VII.2004; 1 ♂ : “Massif Aurés, Alger. Est, Axinopalpis gracilis ?”)
(CPS); 1 male: “Maroc, Tizi n’Ticka, 2200 m, 1933"; 1 ♂ : Morocco, Haut Atlas,
Tizi-n-Test SW Marrakech, 2043 m, 25.V.2005, emerged IV.2006, leg. M. Rejzek.
Holotype in coll. G. Sama, paratypes also in coll. C. Holzschuh (Villach), P. Rapuzzi
(Cialla di Prepotto) and M. Rejzek (Norwich).
Description. Length: 8.5 - 10 mm (holotype: 8.5mm). Similar to Vesperella pallida
Dayrem, 1933 from northern Algeria (Holotype ♂ , 1 paratype ♀ , CCECL,
examined) from which it can be distinguished as follows: integument testaceous
brown, body distinctly more robust and less elongate; pronotum with some shallow
almost unpunctate calluses, the rest of the discal surface more densely and more
deeply punctate than in V. pallida; elytra, in comparison, distinctly shorter and
Figs 9-11. Vesperella maroccana n. sp., paratype. 9a: ventral arc (IX sternite); 9b: dorsal arc (IX
tergite); 10: tegmen; 11: aedeagus.
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wider: length/width at base ratio in male 2.85 (male), 2.7 (female), surface more
densely and deeply punctate; antennae shorter, extending one segment beyond the
elytral apex in male, not or just reaching the middle of elytra in female; elytra, in
female, very densely clothed with long erect setae. Male genitalia as in Fig. 9-11.
Range. The new species is known from the mountain evergreen oak forests of
Tizi n’Test and Tizi n’Ticka in the High Atlas in Morocco. Its occurrence in Eastern
Algeria (Djebel Aurés) (one specimen without further collecting data, identified
as Axynopalpis gracilis, in the collection of my late friend P. Schurmann) in my
opinion, needs confirmation because of a possible mislabelling.
Biology, host plants & flight period. Quercus rotundifolia is the only known
host plant of the new species. Bionomics of immature stages similar to Trichoferus
ilicis Sama, 1987 with which it has been reared. Larvae feed in apical twigs of
small living branches which they girdle to interrupt the sap circulation. Pupation
takes place in the living part of the twig under the last girdle. Life cycle probably
lasts one year. Adults emerge from early July to August and are probably attracted
to light analogously to V. pallida. Larval morphology unknown.
Tribe Brachypteromini nov.
Type genus: Brachypteroma Heyden, 1863.
Description. Similar to Molorchini, except eyes reduced and lateral (upper lobes
absent) and with short erect hair between the ommatides; mandibles without a
short tooth and not fringed on the inner edge, mesonotum with stridulatory plate,
front coxal cavities closed behind, metendosternite of peculiar shape (Fig. 3),
without lateral arms, lateral laminae extremely narrow, anterior projections for
tendons well developed, the stalk widened; wing venation: A1 absent; male
genitalia: endophallus without basal sclerites; female genitalia: ovipositor with
styli inserted laterally.
Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860
Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860, Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (3), 8: 456. Type species: Clytus sartorii
Chevrolat, 1860, designated by THOMSON (1860), not by original designation as stated by Linsley
(1964); not by CHEVROLAT (1863) as stated by SAMA (2002).
Remark. CHEVROLAT (1860) originally listed only one species he knew from
Mexico and added, without any further details, that some taxa from Europe may
also belong to this genus. This, of course, does not constitute a valid type
designation (ICZN, art. 67.5). Later, the same author (1863: 311) wrote: “nous
avons etabli ce genre sur une espèce du Mexique, le X. Sartorii, et nous y avons
adjoint les Clytus hafniensis F. , arvicola ... », which could be regarded as a valid
designation. However, before this, THOMSON (1860) validly designated X. sartorii.
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Figs 12-14. Head (dorsal) of Clytini. 12: Rusticoclytus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758); 13: Xylotrechus
arvicola (Olivier, 1795); 14: Turanoclytus namaganensis (Heyden, 1885).
Figs 15-16. Head (lateral). 15: Xylotrechus arvicola (Olivier, 1795); 16: Turanoclytus
namaganensis (Heyden, 1885).
Rusticoclytus Vives, 1977 (status rev.)
Rusticoclytus Vives, 1977, L’Entomologiste, 33(3): 130. Type species: Leptura rustica Linnaeus,
1758, by original designation.
Description. Head without occipital protruding apodeme (occiput rounded, similar
to Clytus) (Fig. 12); foramen occipitalis rounded; vertex, in male, with two large
shallow depressions finely punctate or chagreened. Palpi very short, equal; last
segment of maxillary and labial palpi subequal in length, subtriangular, expanded
apically and twice longer than the preceding one. Antennae very short, with 3rd
segment slightly shorter than the scape and slightly longer than the 4th, 2nd segment
shorter than the 8th. Prosternum moderately convex, with coxal cavities angulated
externally, open posteriorly; prosternal process wider, not expanded apically;
mesosternum with intercoxal process wide, gradually declivous and nearly flat in
front, gradually declivous and bilobed behind; coxae open externally to the
epimera. Differs from Xylotrechus by the head with occipital apodeme not
protruding (Fig. 12), the vertex with dimorphic punctation and the coxal cavities
angulated externally.
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Remark. Despite its large heterogeneity, only few taxa have been separated
from Xylotrechus since the original description: Xyloclytus Reitter, 1912 (type
species: Clytus chinensis Chevrolat, 1852), Rusticoclytus Vives, 1977 (type
species: Leptura rustica Linnaeus, 1758) and Turanoclytus Sama, 1994 (type
species: X. namaganensis Heyden, 1885). The first one is currently regarded as
a subgenus of Xylotrechus, while Rusticoclytus is usually regarded as a synonym
(SAMA, 1988, 2002; ALTHOFF & DANILEVSKY, 1997). According to recent studies on
the morphology of the group, Rusticoclytus indeed constitutes a distinct genus.
The same will apply to Turanoclytus whose status has been sometimes discussed
(DANILEVSKY, 2005). These two taxa differ from Xylotrechus sartorii from Mexico
by the absence of a protruding apodeme on the hind part of the head (occiput) and
the presence of two large sensory areas on the vertex of male head (Figs 12-16).
Range. According to the present definition, the genus Rusticoclytus can be regarded
as Holarctic, including species from the northern (chiefly north-eastern) palaearctic
region such as R. adspersus (Gebler, 1830), R. pantherinus (Savenius, 1825), R.
salicis (Takakuwa & Oda, 1978) and from the Western Hemisphere such as R.
nauticus (Mannerheim, 1843), R. annosus (Say, 1827) and certainly others. Most
of these species are ecologically associated with dead and dying trees of the family
Salicaceae.
Plagionotus Mulsant, 1842
Plagionotus Mulsant, 1842, Col. France, 32 (Rectif. et Addit. Long.): 1 (new name for Platynotus
Mulsant, 1839).
Echinocerus Mulsant, 1862, Hist. Nat. Coléopt. France, Longic., 2: 143 (nec Echinocerus White,
1848, Crustacea, unavailable). Type species: Leptura floralis Pallas, 1773 (monotypy), not Clytus
arietis as stated by Monné (2005).
= Paraplagionotus Kasatkin, 2005 (new name for Echinocerus Mulsant, 1862) (synonymy in
ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, 2007).
= Neoplagionotus Kasatkin, 2005, Caucasian entomol. Bull., 1(1): 51 (n. syn.). Type species:
Clytus bobelayei Brullé, 1832 (original designation).
Discussion. KASATKIN (2005) recently divided Plagionotus into three separate
genera according to the different structure of the everted endophallus, a character
which is, in my opinion, overestimated and merely specific. A very careful
comparative study of the morphology of P. detritus (type of the genus), P. bobelayei
(type species of Neoplagionotus), P. scalaris Brullé, 1842 and P. floralis (type
species of Paraplagionotus) did not show any significant difference, except the
shape of the pronotum, which is more or less transverse in P. detritus, P. arcuatus
and in the P. scalaris species group, and about as wide as long in P. floralis. I
therefore regard the three taxa as synonyms of Plagionotus. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA
(2007) proved that Echinocerus White, 1848 is an unavailable name (incorrect
subsequent spelling of Echidnocerus White, 1842, Crustacea) and correctly
resurrected Echinocerus Mulsant 1862 from the homonymy.
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Plagionotus scalaris (Brullé, 1832)
Clytus scalaris Brullé, 1832, Exped. Sci. Morée, Ins., 3: 254, Tab. 43, Fig. 10.
Type locality: “Morea” (Peloponnese, southern Greece). Type material: lectoype
♂ (MNHNP) designated herein.
= Clytus siculus Castelnau & Gory, 1836, Mon. Clyt.: 46, t. 9, fig. 54. Type
locality: “Sicilia”. Type material: holotype ♂ (MNHNP), examined (n. syn.).
= Plagionotus scalaris “n. f. an ssp.?” validus Rungs, 1952, Bull. Soc. entomol.
France: 85. Type locality: “ Maroc: Aghbal, entre Taza et Mçoun”. Type material.
holotype ♂ : “R.Pasquier / Ch.Rungs / et Thami”, “Maroc / Aghbal / 9-15.VI.49”;
“Plagionotus / scalaris / validus / Type » (MNHNP), examined (syn. n.).
= Plagionotus scalaris ssp. vivesi Lopez Colon, 1997, Lambillionea, 97(2): 221.
Type locality: Oujda: Aïnsfa (north- eastern Morocco). Type material not examined
(syn. n.).
Type material. Clytus scalaris Brullé: I have examined (MNHNP) three specimens
well preserved, belonging to the type series: the lectoype is a male, 12.5 mm
long, “2866 / 34” [round label, greyish, handwritten]”; “Muséum Paris / Morée /
Brullé 4187-33” [bluish, printed, recent]; “Lectotype” [red, printed, recent]; 1
paralectotype male, 13 mm: “Museum Paris / Morée / Brullé 4187-33”;
“Paralectotype”; 1 paralectotype female: 12.5 mm, same labels as the preceding
one. It is not clear whether all these specimens really belong to the type series.
The original description is apparently based on a single specimen, 11 mm long,
with legs totally reddish; the lectotype and the paralectotype female agree to the
original description except the length; the paralectotype male, besides the longer
body has blackish femora.
Clytus siculus: the type series was not reported, but the original description is
certainly based on a single specimen. The holotype is a male, 12 mm long, well
preserved, labelled as follows: “siculus / nobis” [white, handwritten by ?]; “Sicilia”
[white, handwritten by ?]; “Lectotype” [red, printed, recent]; Museum Paris [red,
printed, recent]; “Holotypus / Plagionotus siculus G. Sama det. 2008”. The type
material of both Clytus scalaris Brullé and Clytus siculus Castelnau & Gory were
probably identified by A. Villers; the type designation, to the best of my knowledge,
has never been published; I think not necessary to designate a lectotype.
Plagionotus scalaris ssp. vivesi Lopez Colon, 1997: I was unable to study the
holotype of this taxon, but I have examined a series of specimens collected in the
same locality by the same collector.
Chlorophorus glaucus (Fabricius, 1781) (status rev.)
= Callidium glaucum Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Ins., 1: 236. Type locality: “India
orientali” (error). Type material: Lectotype ♀, coll. Banks (BMNH), designated
herein.
= C. griseus: Castelnau & Gory, 1836, Mon. Clyt.: 80, Tab. 15, fig. 92bis. Type
locality. “Espagne”. Type material not examined (probably lost).
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Type material. The lectotype of Callidium glaucum Fabricius is a female, 14
mm long, damaged (hind left leg and almost all tarsi missing), but well recognizable
and labelled as follows: “Call. glaucum / Fabr. Sp. Ins. n.44 [handwritten, probably
by a curator of the Banks collection]; “Lectotypus ♀ / Callidium / glaucum Fabr.
1781 / G. Sama des. 2005”.
Remark. This species is currently called Chlorophorus pilosus (Forster, l771).
However, the single specimen found in Forster’s collection (Linnean Society,
London) under the name Leptura pilosa, does not belong to Chlorophorus as
suggested by HEYDEN (1878: 169), very likely without type examination, but to
Vadonia unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) (see above the chapter regarding this
species).
Tribe Lamiini Latreille, 1825
Lamiaires Latreille, 1825: 401. Type genus: Lamia Fabricius, 1775.
= Pachystolini Gistel, 1848.
Pachystolaeidae Gistel, 1848: 2. Type genus: Pachystola Dejean 1835 (= Lamia Fabricius, 1775).
= Dorcadionisidae Gistel, 1848 (unavailable). Type genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817.
= Dorcadionini Thomson, 1860 (nomen protectum) (n. syn.).
Dorcadionitae Thomson, 1860, Ess. Class. Ceramb.: 2. Type genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
(maintained according to ICZN, 1999, Art. 23.9.2).
= Dorcadodiidae Gistel, 1856, Myst. Eur. Insectenw.: 376 (nomen oblitum).
Type genus Dorcadodium Gistel, 1856 : 263.
= Phrissomini Thomson, 1860 (n. syn.).
Phryssomitae Thomson, 1860: 25. Type genus: Phrissoma Dejean, 1835.
= Morimini Thomson, 1864.
Morimitae Thomson, 1864: 77. Type genus: Morimus Brullé, 1832.
Discussion. L ACORDAIRE (1869) included Dorcatypus Thomson, 1864 (=
Herophila Mulsant, 1862), Morimus Serville, 1835 and Lamia Fabricius, 1775) to
the same tribe, and excluded Phrissoma by the antennal scape with cicatrix and
Dorcadion by the metasternum shortened and the epistoma indistinct. These
characters are obviously adaptive modifications associated with loss of flight
capability (metasternum shortened) or variable within the same genus (antennal
cicatrix and epistomal membrane). Moreover, a distinct apical cicatrix on the first
antennal segment is also present in some groups of “Dorcadionini”, such as
Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 and in some species of Iberodorcadion Breuning,
1942. On account of their retracted metasternum and antennal scape with a cicatrix,
BREUNING (1942) transferred to the tribe Phrissomini several genera such as
Morimus, Dorcatypus, Brimus Pascoe, 1862 and closely related genera previously
referred to the tribe Lamiini (LACORDAIRE, 1869; AURIVILLIUS, 1921). In my opinion,
all these genera belong to the same tribe together with Phrissoma [P. crispum
(Fabricius, 1776), type genus, examined]. To be noted that Herophila fairmairii
Thomson, 1857 (the type species of this genus), was originally described under
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the name Dorcadion; on the other hand, BREUNING himself described Dorcadion
veluchianum Breuning, 1943 from Greece, which belongs to Herophila (SAMA &
RAPUZZI, in prep.).
Dorcadionisidae Gistel, 1848 (type genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817) is unvalid
since not formed in accordance with the stem of the type genus (ICZN, 1999, Art.
11.7.1.1); Dorcadodium Gistel, 1856 has recently been restored by VIVES &
ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (in VIVES, 2000) who designated Lamia morio Fabricius, 1787
as the type species. Since L. morio is regarded (BREUNING, 1962) as a junior
synonym of Cerambyx aethiops Scopoli, 1763, now in Carinatodorcadion
Breuning, 1943, this latter would become a junior synonym of Dorcadodium.
However, I regard Carinatodorcadion (currently in use) as a valid name (nomen
protectum) and Dorcadodium a nomen oblitum since never been used as a valid
name after 1899 (ICZN, 1999, 23.9.2). Analogously, the tribe Dorcadodiidae
Gistel, 1856 should take priority over Dorcadionini Thomson, 1860; this latter is
here maintained according to ICZN (1999), Article 23.9.2 (prevailing usage).
Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier, 1795)
Cerambyx gallo-provincialis Olivier, 1795, Entomologie, 4(67): 125, Tab. 3, Fig.17. Type locality:
“Gallia” (France).
= M. galloprovincialis pistor (Germar, 1818). Type locality: “Krain, Curland” (Slovenia, Latvia);
restricted type locality Krain (n. syn.).
Remark. M. galloprovincialis is a very polymorphic species showing a high
individual variability in North Africa like everywhere in its distributional range.
The population found in northern Algeria (about 20 specimens examined from
Skikda: Dorsale de Collo) is rather similar to the topotypical population from
southern France, characterized by reddish-brown appendages, elytral patches of
yellowish and ochraceous or grey pubescence. Four specimens from northern
Morocco (Tanger: Cap Malabata), with blackish antennae and legs, do not
apparently differ from specimens from Slovenia, the type locality of M. g. pistor.
Two specimens (a pair) from Tunisia (Haïdra) show a distinctive pattern with
elytra uniformly covered with grey-greenish pubescence, almost totally lacking
spots of light pubescence; both specimens have black legs, while antennae are
reddish in male, black, annulated with white pubescence in female. Because of
the elytral pattern, these specimens should be referred to M. parendeli Théry,
which, however, according to the original description, differs from the M.
galloprovincialis also by the scutellum with undivided pubescence. In my opinion,
these two taxa fall within the variability of M. galloprovincialis. On the other
hand, morphological division of M. galloprovincialis and M. pistor in two
subspecies is not supported genetically (CESARI & ALII, 2005).
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Neoludwigia nom. nov.
Neoludwigia nomen novum for Ludwigia Pic, 1892.
Agapanthia (Ludwigia) lixoides Pic, 1892. Ann. Soc. entomol. France, 61 (Bull.): CXLVII, nec
Bayle, 1878 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Type species: Agapanthia lixoides Lucas,
1846 (monotypy).
Agapanthia s.g. Ludwigia Pic, 1891, Mat. Long. 1: 47 (nomen nudum).
Agapanthia s.g. Ludovica Pic, 1891, Mat. Long. 1: 47, footnote (nomen nudum).
Discussion. PIC’s description (1891) is unvalid since the author, although providing
the distinguishing characters of his new taxon, did not mention any species name
(ICZN, 1999, art. 12.1). Ludovica Pic, 1891 is also unvalid since contemporarily
proposed as a not necessary emendation “pour les correcteurs puristes” for
Ludwigia. The genus was validated one year later when PIC (1892) proposed the
new combination Agapanthia (Ludwigia) lixoides. However, Ludwigia Pic, 1892
is a homonym of Ludwigia Bayle, 1878 previously described in the order
Ammonoidea of Mollusca and currently in use.
Tribe Ceroplesini Thomson, 1860
Subtribe Ceroplesina s. str. (status nov.)
Ceroplesitae Thomson, 1860, Ess. Class. Ceramb.: 93. Type genus: Ceroplesis Serville, 1835.
Ceroplesini subtribe Crossotina Thomson, 1864 (status nov.)
Crossotitae Thomson, 1864, Syst. Ceramb.: 64. Type genus: Crossotus Serville, 1835.
Discussion.T HOMSON (1860: 93) described Ceroplesini as a subtribe of
Monochamini, and included (1860: 36) Crossotus Serville, 1835 (as well as
Dichostates Thomson, 1860) within the tribe Mesosini. In 1864 (Syst. Ceramb.:
64) he described the tribe Crossotini (including Crossotus, Ranova Thomson,
1864, Dichostates, Frea Thomson, 1858, etc.), and regarded Ceroplesini as a part
(“15e division”) of “Lamitae verae”. In fact, he regarded Crossotini as a distinct
tribe and Ceroplesini (by its subcylindrical antennal segments) as a subtribe of
Lamiini. LACORDAIRE (1869) separated “Céroplésides” from “Crossotides” by
Figs 17-18. Last tergite of Ceroplesis aestuans (Olivier, 1795), female. 17: internal side from
above (outline, sternite removed); 18: idem, lateral view.
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“antennes très longues chez les mâles, sillonnées ou munies de fossettes à partir
du 4e article”. In fact, besides the antennae distinctly furrowed and carinate
longitudinally on the outer and inner sides from the apex of 4th segments, I cannot
find any important character to divide Crossotini and Ceroplesini, which appear
closely related, as also proved by the last abdominal segment with internal septum
(Fig. 17, 18) and by the distinctive shape of male and female genitalia, and joined
by transitional forms such as Titoceres Serville, 1835. However, I think reasonable
to maintain Crossotini as a subtribe, based on the antennal feature described above
and their rather homogeneous short and stout distinctive shape.
Tribe Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839
Pogonochéraires Mulsant, 1839: 151. Type genus: Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821.
= Exocentrini Pascoe, 1864: 7. Type genus: Exocentrus Dejean, 1835 (n. syn.).
Discussion. MULSANT (1839) originally separated this tribe from the other Lamiinae
by femora clavate (in comparison to Lamiini), wings present (in comparison to
Parmenini) and antennae fringed beneath. Besides Pogonocherus, he included in
the tribe Exocentrus Dejean, 1835 and Stenosoma Mulsant, 1839 (currently
Deroplia Dejean, 1835) and later (MULSANT, 1862), Acanthoderes Serville, 1835
and Oplosia Mulsant 1862. AURIVILLIUS (1923) included the palaearctic taxa
Parmenopsis Ganglbauer, 1881 and Eurycotyle Blessig, 1873 (= Pterolophia
Newman, 1842); BREUNING (1963), revising the tribe at world level, only included
in the tribe Pogonocherus and Pityphilus Mulsant, 1862) together with many
Nearctic genera. LINSLEY & CHEMSAK (1985) substantially confirming the definition
of Breuning, excluded from the tribe Acanthoderes and Oplosia moved to
Acanthoderini Thomson, 1860 and Exocentrus to Acanthocinini. The tribe
Exocentrini Pascoe, 1864 is usually regarded as a synonym of Acanthocinini
(A URIVILLIUS , 1923, BREUNING , 1962). Exocentrus differ from palaearctic
Acanthocinini by the characteristic shape of the last segment of the abdomen of
females: the last two tergites are longitudinally divided internally by a longitudinal,
cartilaginous apodeme, beginning as a narrow lamina from the middle of the 4th
sternite and ending at the apex of the 5th where it is enlarged laterally. As written
above an analogous structure exists in Ceroplesis and Crossotus (Ceroplesini) as
well as in other genera of Laminae such as Idactus Pascoe, 1864 (Ancylonotini),
Sophronica (Apodasyini) and Pogonocherus (Pogonocherini) (Figs 17, 18), and
never in Acanthocinini. Exocentrus and closely related genera and subgenera must
be consequently transferred to the tribe Pogonocherini. According to Švácha (pers.
comm.), this systematic change is supported by the immature stages morphology.
According to both preimaginal and adult morphology the tribe Pogonocherini
will also include (as already proposed by AURIVILLIUS, 1923) the genus Parmenopsis
Ganglbauer, 1881 currently included in Parmenini.
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Tribe Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Saperdaires Mulsant, 1839, Long. France : 165, 181.Type genus: Saperda Fabricius, 1775.
Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Saperda Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 184. Type species: Cerambyx scalaris Linnaeus, 1758,
designated by Curtis (1829) [not Cerambyx carcharias Linnaeus, 1758, designated by WESTWOOD
(1838) as stated by MARINONI (1977), LINSLEY & CHEMSAK (1995) and VIVES (2000)].
Discussion. The type species of Saperda Fabricius was designated in the same
year by CURTIS (1829) who selected Cerambyx scalaris Linnaeus, 1758 and by
GUÉRIN-MÉNÉVILLE (1829) who selected Cerambyx carcharias Linnaeus, 1758.
Apart from the result of bibliographic investigation which would have to be
conducted to ascertain which author takes priority, in my opinion the CURTIS
designation is to be maintained to preserve nomenclatural stability.
Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cerambyx scalaris Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1: 394. Type locality: “Europa”. Type
material : 1♂ , 2♀ (LSL) examined; lectotype not designated.
= Saperda scalaris ssp. algeriensis Breuning, 1952, Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey, 3: 176. Type locality:
Yakouren, Algeria. Type material: Holotype female : “Yakouren / juin 29 Dayrem” ; “Saperda
scalaris ssp. algeriensis mihi / Breuning det.” [both handwritten by Breuning] and one paratype
male: “Yakouren / Kabylie juin 1902 / dr. A.Chobaut” [white, printed], MHNG, examined (n.
syn.).
Discussion. According to the original description (“Wie die Stammform, aber die
gelben Zeichnungen ausgedehnter, auch die seitlichen Makeln alle mehr weniger
mit einander verbunden”.) S. s. algeriensis differs by its somewhat wider elytral
yellow bands. Besides the pair belonging to the type series, I have seen four
specimens collected by myself; in my opinion, the Algerian population does not
differ from the nominotypical subspecies.
Tribe Obereini Thomson, 1864
Obereitae Thomson, 1864, Syst. Ceramb.: 119. Type genus: Oberea Dejean, 1835.
Obereinae Pascoe, 1864 [September]: 8.
Discussion. This tribe is very closely related to Saperdini and Phytoeciini and
usually regarded as a synonym of the latter. I regard these taxa as distinct tribes
chiefly based on the different complex of male and female genitalia (shape of
median and lateral lobes, endophallus sclerites and spermatheca). In fact, the
complex of genitalia of Obereini (endophallus with three elongate flagelli,
spermatheca globose) is so similar to that of Saperdini (Figs 19-22), that it appears
incorrect to separate them and associate the former to Phytoeciini according to
adaptative non-phylogenetic characters, such as the claws morphology, as did by
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several authors (AURIVILLIUS, 1921; VILLIERS, 1978; LINSLEY & CHEMSAK, 1995;
VIVES, 2000 and others). On this account the genus Stenostola Dejean, 1835,
included within Phytoeciini by its tarsal claws appendiculate, belongs to Saperdini
as well (Fig. 21).
Tribe Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Phytoeciares Mulsant, 1839, Long. France : 165.Type genus : Phytoecia Dejean, 1835.
Discussion. The tribe differs from Saperdini by epistomal membrane usually
reduced or absent (the apical portion of epistoma is distinctly membranous in
some Semnosia such as S. herminae Reitter, 1890), labium transversely divided
before the apex and with the whole anterior margin abruptly truncate (only truncate
at middle in Saperda), the lateral border of elytra usually abruptly declivous along
the epipleurae on the basal half, meso-coxal cavities narrowly open externally to
the epimera (usually broadly open in Saperda), all segments of tarsi with a ventral
pad of dense and short pubescence, 2nd tarsomere not very short, usually somewhat
longer than the last one, tarsal claws usually bifid or appendiculate (except in
some Semnosia which have reduced internal tooth). In Saperdini the 2nd segment
of tarsi is very short, usually shorter than the last one, the 1st and 2nd segments
have a ventral pad of dense and short pubescence while the 3rd one has a pad of
longer and more robust uncinate hair; the tarsal claws are divaricate. As written
Figs 19-21. Endophallus sclerites. 19: Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (at right the flagelli
without membrane); 20: Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758); 21: Stenostola dubia (Laicharting,
1784).
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Figs 22-23. Endophallus sclerites. 22: Oberea (Amaurostoma) erythrocephala (Schrank, 1776)
(22a: basal sclerites; 22b: apical sclerites); 23: Phytoecia flavipes (Fabricius, 1801) (23a: basal
sclerites; 23b: apical sclerites; 23c: apical sclerites everted).
above, both male and female genitalia are very different. In Saperdini and Obereini,
the endophallus apical sclerites are constituted by three very robust elongate flagelli,
in form of long sticks kept together by a membrane (Figs 19-22) and the
spermatheca is strongly sclerotized, globose and feebly dilated apically. In Phytoeciini
the endophallus has a thin apical sclerite often in form of flagellum of variable
length (Fig. 23) and the spermatheca is well sclerotized and very variable in shape,
but rarely globose (e.g. in Oxylia Mulsant, 1862 from Balcans and the Eastern
Mediterranean, whose systematic status needs verification).
Opsilia tenuilinea (Fairmaire, 1877) (new comb.)
Phytoecia tenuilinea Fairmaire, 1877, Pet. Nouv. Ent.: 97. Type locality: “♀ Algérie, ♂ Aïn Zimara”
(Algeria). Type material probably lost: not found at MNHN (“Type non retrouvé”) [label handwritten
by Villiers].
= Phytoecia tenuilinea ssp. mateui Breuning, 1951, Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey, 2: 365 (n. syn.). Type
locality: “Rio de Oro: U. Bomba” (Western Sahara, formerly Spanish Sahara).
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Type material. According to BREUNING (1951) the holotype male of P. t. mateui
would be deposited in the “Musée de Barcelone”. In fact, no type material of this
taxon has been found there [E. Vives, pers. comm.]. However, I have examined
two males paratypes preserved in the MHNG: “Rio de Oro / Mateu” (handwritten
by Breuning); “Phytoecia / tenuilinea / Mateui mihi. Paratyp / Breuning det.”
[handwritten by Breuning].
O. tenuilinea is a very distinctive species, endemic to North Africa, closely related
to O. uncinata Redtenbacher, 1842 from Europe. It was known from Western
Sahara and southern Morocco; a small isolated population has recently been
discovered by G. Magnani in a very arid biotope in southern Tunisia (a new record
from Tunisia). According to the original description, P. tenuilinea mateui differs
from the nominotypical subspecies by denser pronotal punctation and elytral
punctation and pubescence. Comparison of the two mentioned paratypes with
specimens from Algeria and northern Morocco does not show substantial
differences.
Tribe Tetropini Planet, 1924
Tetropides Planet, 1924, Long. France: 326. Type genus: Tetrops Stephens, 1829.
= Polyopsiates Mulsant, 1862, Long. France, 2: 340 (not available). Type genus: Polyopsia Mulsant,
1839, Col. France: 182 (= Tetrops Stephens, 1829).
Tetropini Vives, 2000: 508 (emendation).
= Tetraopini Auctorum nec Thomson, 1860. Type genus : Tetraopes Dalman, 1817.
Discussion. Tetrops Stephens and Tetraopes Dalman clearly belong to different
tribes, therefore Tetrops cannot be referred to the tribe Tetraopini as proposed in
the past and also written by Villiers (1978).
According to BOUSQUET & HEFFERN (in preparation), the name Tetropides Planet
is not available (nomen nudum) since “proposed after 1899 not in a latinized
form (ICZN 1999, Art. 11.7.1.1)” and Tetropini Vives, 2000 is not available (nomen
nudum), since “name proposed after 1999 without explicit intention (ICZN 1999,
Art. 16.1)”. However, according to the ICZN, art 11.7.1.1 and 11.7.1.3, Tetropini
Planet is available since published after 1899 not in correct latinized form, but
validated by VIVES, 2000.
Acknowledgements
For access to collections and loans of material, I wish to thank Mrs Gina Douglas,
Librarian of the Linnean Society and Mike Fitton, Curator of the Linnean
Collection; Sharon Shute and M. Barclay, Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum (London, England); Daniel Burckhardt and Eva Sprecher,
Naturhistorisches Museum (Basel, Switzerland), Thierry Deuve and Gérard
Tavakilian, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), Giulio
Cuccodoro, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (Genève, Switzerland), Joël Clary,
Harold Labrique and Virgile Marengo, Centre de Conservation et d’étude des
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Fig. 24. Stictoleptura gladiatrix Sama n. sp., holotype male.
Fig. 25. Daramus sahrawi Sama & Rapuzzi n. sp., holotype male.
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Collections (Lyon, France); Jiøí
ř Hájek (Narodni Muzeum, Praha). I also wish to
thank my friends and colleagues Karl Adlbauer (Graz, Austria), Yves Bousquet
(Ottawa, Canada), Christian Cocquempot (Montpellier, France), Alain Drumont
(Bruxelles, Belgium), Dan Heffern (Houston, U.S.A.), Carolus Holzschuh (Villach,
Austria), Gianluca Magnani (Cesena, Italy), Jérôme Sudre (Vulbens, France),
Petr Švácha (Èeské Budejovice, Czech Republic) and Eduard Vives (Terrasa,
Spain) for their important collaboration during my entomological studies. A special
thank to Martin Rejzek (Norwich, England) for revising the English language of
this paper.
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